"specialize" meaning in English

See specialize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-specialize.wav [UK] Forms: specialize [canonical], specializes [third-person, singular], specialized [past], specialized [past, participle], specializing [present, participle]
Etymology: special + -ize Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|special|ize}} special + -ize Head templates: {{verb|specializ|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you specialize in something, you are an expert of a particular subject, skill or field.
    Sense id: simple-specialize-en-verb-AyE3tA3~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ize
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